Must You Write Tightly?
Don’t try this in your initial draft.
Forget tight writing and let your book’s first draft flow. Then practice tight editing. As Strunk & White advise in The Elements of Style, retain only those words that earn their keep. No freeloaders.
In the process you’ll find many candidates for deletion.
- Replace adverb and adjective phrases with vigorous verbs and evocative nouns.
- Zap empty expressions, such … Continue reading
Do your first lines make these essentials clear?